Lower East Side

Clayton Patterson, the Canadian-born folk historian and photographer, sits surrounded by decades of collected artifacts in his Lower East Side studio on Essex Street.
A superyacht sits moored along the Manhattan waterfront as seen from Brooklyn across the East River, its gleaming white superstructure and navy hull set against the brick towers of Lower East Side housing complexes — an unfiltered study in contrasts along one of the world's most storied waterfronts.
Clayton Patterson — artist, documentarian, and photographer — in his Lower East Side studio, New York City.